Grammar school basketball team. I’m standing on the right. Are we serious enough? (Author’s Collection)

My grandmother and me in Pittsburgh in the early fifties. (Author’s Collection)

My family. My dad is standing on the far right. My mother is sitting on the far right. My grandfather has the beard, and my grandmother is to his left. I’m standing behind my grandfather—always a good place to stand. (Author’s Collection)

Entering the University of Miami, after my dad died. (Author’s Collection)

My daughter, Marion, contemplating going into show business. (Author’s Collection)

My daughter, Marion, who’s a headlining stand-up comedienne in New York. (Author’s Collection)

By this time in the sixties, I had a window. (Author’s Collection)

My one indiscretion. She was irresistible. (Author’s Collection)

My mother, who radiated love toward me. (Author’s Collection)

Roger Ailes, who now runs the Fox Cable Network, produced this special when he ran CNBC. From left to right, Phil Donahue, Bob Berkowitz, Sheila Stainback, Vladimir Pozner, Cal Thomas, me, Dick Cavett, Al Roker, Mary Matalin, Tim Russert, and Geraldo Rivera. (Author’s Collection)

It’s so sad that Johnny Carson, who brought joy to so many, didn’t experience more of it in his own life. (Author’s Collection)

David Letterman at least knows I’m kidding. (Author’s Collection)

Roger Ailes and me. (Photo by Steve Friedman)

Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy and Republican Senator Orrin Hatch. I hosted a benefit at Ethel Kennedy’s home at Hickory Hill. Senator Kennedy and Senator Hatch sang the song “Together” from Gypsy. It was the hit of the evening. (Author’s Collection)

I so admired all of them. From left to right, me, Bob Simon, Vicki Mabrey, Dan Rather, Scott Pelley, and Charlie Rose. (Photo by Larry Busacca and John Filo/CBS)

Joy and Regis Philbin, and me. I told Regis I had in my possession a photo of Joy that would get her movie stardom, but I wanted a percentage before I’d hand it over. We’re negotiating. (Author’s Collection)

From left to right, Elizabeth Wilson, me, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson. (Photo by Kathleen O’Rourke)

Bob Ellis, Eli Wallach, me, and Jack Klugman. (Photo by Steve and Anita Shevett)

Brandon Hein. He was taken into custody when he was eighteen, and he was sentenced to life with no chance of parole. He’s now thirty-one. He didn’t kill anyone or steal anything. That’s America’s disgrace: the felony murder rule. (Author’s Collection)

Arlene Oberg comes out of prison with her arm around her daughter Lisa. Arlene died of a heart attack in her thirties. (Author’s Collection)

Elaine Bartlett embracing her oldest son, Apache, as she’s released from prison. It was Elaine’s case that provoked New York legislators to reform the Rockefeller drug laws, gaining an early release for approximately 1,000 people. (Author’s Collection)

Elaine Bartlett, Jan Warren, Arlene Oberg. (Author’s Collection)

Randy Credico and me. Randy leads me to victims of our system. He is my hero. (Author’s Collection)